Restrict input to symbols and other numbers (с program)

Question

I have such a program

#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <string.h>

int main() {
    float x, k;
    int choose;
    _Bool valid;

    do {
        
        valid = 1;

        printf("\nChoose variant: \n1 - count of nums\n2 - float number\n3 - e:\nYour choose: ");
        scanf(" %d", &choose);
        while(isdigit(choose) == 0) {
            printf("Please, choose number, not letter (number between 1 to 3): ");
            fflush(stdin);
            scanf(" %d", &choose);
        }

        while(choose > 3 || choose < 0) {
            printf("Please, choose correct option (number between 1 to 3): ");
            fflush(stdin);
            scanf(" %d", &choose);
        }

        if(choose == 1 || choose == 2 || choose == 3) valid = 0;

    } while (valid);


return 0;
}

I have such a program. I want to get the user to choose: 1, 2 or 3. I'm trying to put a check on characters and also on other numbers. I want the program to loop until I enter the correct one. But it does not work, I have already tried other methods to solve this problem, but it does not work for me. I have an idea that there is no cleaning here, maybe this is so?

I can also set a condition so that scanf is equal to one - this means that a character has been entered. But I want if the user enters "1gf ", for example, then the condition will also work, instead of continuing from 1.

Thank you very much in advance

Answer 1

Rather than checking for a numeric entry the program might scan in a character to test and then convert to an integer as in the following code snippet.

#include <stdio.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <string.h>

int main()
{
    float x, k;
    int choice;
    char choose;
    int valid = 1;

    do
    {
        printf("\nChoose variant: \n1 - count of nums\n2 - float number\n3 - e:\nYour choose: ");
        scanf(" %c", &choose);

        if((choose > '9'))
        {
            printf("Please, choose number, not letter (number between 1 to 3): ");
        }

        if((choose < '1' || (choose > '3')))
        {
            printf("Please, choose correct option (number between 1 to 3): ");
        }

        if(choose == '1' || choose == '2' || choose == '3') valid = 0;

    }
    while (valid);

    choice = choose - '0';

    printf("The choice is %d\n", choice);

    return 0;
}

Following are some points to note.

• The choose variable is defined as a character in lieu of an integer.
• Testing is done over character ranges to determine if the entry is valid for this code.
• The choice value is then determined simply by subtracting the integer value of the zero character from the entered character value.

Testing this out at the terminal resulted in the following sample output.

@Dev:~/C_Programs/Console/Choice/bin/Release$ ./Choice 

Choose variant: 
1 - count of nums
2 - float number
3 - e:
Your choose: e
Please, choose number, not letter (number between 1 to 3): Please, choose correct option (number between 1 to 3): 
Choose variant: 
1 - count of nums
2 - float number
3 - e:
Your choose: 4
Please, choose correct option (number between 1 to 3): 
Choose variant: 
1 - count of nums
2 - float number
3 - e:
Your choose: 2
The choice is 2

For sure, there are a multitude of ways the entries could be input and checked. This is just one way. Give it a try and see if it meets the spirit of your project.